Mains Of Cargill, Railway Bridge
Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Mains Of Cargill, Railway Bridge
Classification Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cargill Station, Skew Underbridge
Canmore ID 28546
Site Number NO13NE 76
NGR NO 1610 3726
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28546
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Cargill
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO13NE 76 1610 3726.
(Location cited as NO 162 372). Skew underbridge, opened 1848 by the Scottish Midland Junction Rly. (later Caledonian Rly). A handsome single-span bridge with a segmental arch. The voussoirs are dressed, rusticated on the faces of the bridge, and the coursed-rubble spandrels are also rusticated.
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge carries the (disused) Perth - Kinnaber Junction (main) line of the former Caledonian Rly over the A93 public road to the W of Cargill Station (NO13NE 63.00).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 March 1998.
